It's believed that children given crayons as part of a museum activity pack decided to add their own personal touches to a statue of historic significance, scribbling all over it.
Dismaying photos show blue crayon scribbles all over the face, limbs, and torso of the beautiful 230-year-old statue, which depicts the Roman Naiade, Sabrina.
The statue, which was sculpted by John Bacon, is located in the gardens of Croome Court, a striking mid-18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion situated amid extensive landscaped parkland in south Worcestershire.
